The penultimate game of the Champions League group stage is finally here, although I don't want to face this game, but the schedule is here after all, no matter what, I can only play this game. In fact, Fernando was panicked to death, but he couldn't show it, because the emotions and momentum of the players looked at him, the manager's expectations and attitude towards this game, no matter how nervous he was, he could only pretend to be calm and stabilize his emotions, so that the players could get confidence from him.

The next Champions League group stage is Porto vs. Juventus, and it will be this game that will decide whether the next group stage is the last Champions League game of the season for this Porto.

For Ke Yan personally, it was the first time he encountered such a tricky opponent but had to win, the previous Sporting Lisbon, although Porto lost, but on paper strength, if you want to win them, as long as you and your teammates are not confused, it is still enough, and then met Real Madrid and Juventus, the strength of the opponent is too strong, and he didn't think about rushing to defeat them now, and only Atletico Madrid, the strength is unfathomable, and they must also defeat the opponent.

Although Ke Yan is very familiar with the club of Atletico Madrid, he is not so familiar with their team, because although Atletico Madrid has become a first-line team in Europe, their personnel turnover is still very frequent, especially the offensive players in the frontcourt, just like the Atletico Madrid team that played in the Champions League final in 2014, and Atletico Madrid who played in the Champions League final in 2016, the attacking players in the midfield have almost changed their lineup, so now for Atletico Madrid, Ke Yan is not particularly familiar.

It's just that the people who want to go head-to-head with Ke Yan are basically players in the midfield and backfield, and Ke Yan is still very familiar with Atletico Madrid's defense.

Porto are now third in the league, in the highly competitive Portuguese Super League, only three draws and one loss record put them in a very dangerous position, for them this result is not satisfactory, and if this game can win against Atletico Madrid, for the team's morale and results, it must be a big boost, can make the players in the league also burst energy.

"We meet again." Simeone met Ke Yan in the middle of the tunnel and greeted him, "Hopefully, this time, we can beat you." ”

Atletico Madrid's head coach Simeone is still very concerned about Ke Yan's player, Atletico Madrid is rich in high-quality forwards, and Ke Yan is now a small show in Europe, for this kind of promising striker player, Simeone will naturally care more for a while, but Ke Yan was a little surprised, I didn't expect Simeone to take the initiative to greet him.

Simeone couldn't accept a draw at the Dragons in the last game and a possible loss if he hadn't been injured, as Atletico are now a first-tier powerhouse and it's a strange thing for a second-tier team like this to not get a win against a renaissance Porto.

Ke Yan and Simeone didn't say much, the game was about to start, there was still a lot to do before the game, and they only had time to say hello.

Coming to the court, Ke Yan's expression was as serious as ever, looking at the team standing opposite him, off the court, they may be people who have nothing to do with each other, or they can become friends, but on the court, they are opponents, no matter how good the relationship is, they must do their best for their team to play.

The referee blew the whistle, the game officially began, this is the second meeting between Porto and Atletico Madrid this season, and now Porto is already a team that can gain a lot of attention, they became the champions of the Europa League last season, and then the season started very well, coupled with the light of revival that Porto has accumulated step by step in the previous time, this game is naturally also very concerned.

Atletico Madrid attacked first, Atletico Madrid's offensive line, Griezmann is still there, Atletico Madrid's offensive group still maintains a fairly strong attacking power, Griezmann is really young and powerful, standing on the field is a threat to the opponent.

Atletico Madrid also maintain a fairly good competitive form in the team, Godin and Juanfran were both part of the Champions League team last season, and these two are also the main opponents of the head-to-head confrontation with Ke Yan, especially now that Ke Yan is in the center of the position, and often retreats or travels on the left, and the defense will become more compact.

When Ke Yan took the ball, Godin and Juanfran directly formed a situation of wrapping up Ke Yan, and the team's two wingers were also targeted, Ke Yan encountered a lot of resistance whether it was breaking through or passing, and the lack of strikers made Ke Yan suffer a lot of defensive pressure.

But this problem can't be solved now, because without the right striker, even if you blindly replace someone, it won't change the current situation of the team.

The only thing that can be cracked is long-range shooting, there is no way to break through, there is no way to penetrate with passing, so you can only rely on counterattacks and long-range shots to attack, maybe you can score a goal or two at some point.

In Atletico Madrid's home game against Atletico Madrid, Porto is not very afraid, because it is not without a chance to win against Atletico Madrid, so in this game, Porto is not afraid that it will be very uncomfortable to play even if it enters the positional battle, not to mention that their current long-range shooting is not very bad, or Ke Yan's long-range shooting has been very famous since the beginning of this season.

Set-pieces, long-range shots, are now Porto's key winning formula.

After a few attempts at a long-range shot that didn't result but also posed a couple of threats to Atletico's goal, Simeone began to take it seriously.

If you make the opponent very comfortable and shoot from a distance, sooner or later you will be scored, there is no doubt about it, you can't be lucky on the pitch all the time, and you can't always be good, if you want to solve this problem, you have to pull out the formation and force the opponent out of range.

Pressing high, Atletico Madrid directly adjusted their tactics when only 20 minutes of the first half, in order to make this game play under their most stable conditions, Simeone could not wait for the end of the half.

Atletico began to press high, and the players started to press from the midfield, so that they could not make safe passes and dribbles, and compressed Porto's formation in the midfield, whether it was a long-range shot or a set-piece, Porto's attacking group could not continue, they could only make some meaningless passes in a hurry, and there was no chance.

It is also a very normal thing to lose the ball, and at the moment of losing the ball, it entered the rhythm that Atletico Madrid is most familiar with, and Atletico Madrid's counterattack is also very sharp, and if there is a little problem in defense, it will be found by Atletico Madrid's players to score a goal.

"Don't make meaningless passes on the pitch, it's easy to lose possession if you pass more than a few times, that's for sure." Speaking to his players in the dressing room, Fernando said that a couple of goals were conceded in the first half because the players didn't know how to move on the pitch, which led to an increase in the number of meaningless passes, which were found by opponents and allowed Atletico to score a goal.

Now the situation of Porto is very dangerous, because they are away from home, they are still one goal behind, they can't find good attacking opportunities tactically, the only adjustment that can be made is to let the players be patient and look for opportunities to advance, Atletico Madrid can make mistakes, they are not a perfect team, or there is no perfect team in the world.

Tactically, Porto have very little room to adjust, especially in attack, and the only thing they can do is to let Coychin and Contic, two players who have mainly trained long-range shots, look for opportunities to score through long-range shots.

"Brother, it's up to you for the second half." Ke Yan said to Contic, as a center forward, Ke Yan needs to take on more tasks in addition to long-range shots, and also rely on his own breakthrough to create a way to score goals with a higher success rate than long-range shots, and Contic's main range of activities is in the midfield, so Contic can really take on more long-range goals.

"To be reasonable, I've only had a handful of shots on the pitch, so can it really be useful to put me on such an important task now?" Contic laughed.

"Don't worry, since the coach asked you to train this, then you must have a unique advantage in this area, otherwise it would not be possible for you to train." Ke Yan patted Contic on the shoulder.

In fact, the biggest advantage of Contic's long-range shooting is that his control of the ball's flight path and landing point is very accurate, almost to the extent of "pointing where to hit", so in the long-range shooting, Contic believes that he can pass the ball through which direction and angle of the goal to break the goal, in this regard, Contic can give full play to his precise guidance function, greatly improving the success rate of long-range shooting.

Contic's long-range shot is not the same as Ke Yan's long-range shot, Ke Yan mainly relies on the sudden force of his leg muscles and serving skills, so that the football runs in the air at the maximum speed it can reach, so that the goalkeeper has no way to react, so as to break the goal, while Contic relies more on the arc and landing point, so that the opposing goalkeeper can not save in time even if he reacts, if Contic can develop in this aspect, then Porto is in the team, There will be a more diverse range of direct free-kick tactics and long-range shooting tactics, which will also greatly increase Porto's chances of winning, which is undoubtedly a very good solution now that the team is completely paralyzed on the right flank.

Back on the pitch, Porto's players also stepped up their pressing in midfield, in order to put more pressure on Atletico's overall formation, to be able to press forward on the overall front of their side, and to bring both Ke Yan and Contic into their range.

This move is very effective, Porto can't deal with the high-intensity pressing of the midfield on the pitch, and Atletico Madrid can't either, both sides are master-level teams that use this tactic, but in the face of the opponent using this tactic, it is really a bit impossible to restrain it.

The most effective way to deal with high pressing is to play long balls and play the ball behind them, but they can't use this tactic because the opposition defence is ready to create an offside position at any time.

Entering the range of the shot, in the face of Atletico Madrid's iron-blooded defense, Contic quickly judged that it was indeed a little difficult to advance the formation in the positional battle, and shot directly with his feet!

This shot is something that no one expected, Contic has always given everyone the impression of being a top playmaker in the midfield, he can use his possession, dribbling and passing on the field to organize a dangerous attack for the team, but it is rare to hit the goal directly when he is just within range, but now, Contic is shooting directly with his feet, which scares everyone.

However, although long-range shots are good, because the distance of the shot is too long, it also gives the goalkeeper a lot of reaction time, especially Contic's long-range shot, although the arc and landing point are very subtle, but because of the lack of speed, Oblak can react in enough time to make a successful save.

Only this time, Oblak did not have a chance to perform, because Contic's long-range shot was too angle-oriented, causing the ball to crash directly into the post and bounce to Godin's feet.

Of course, there will not be much problem with an experienced player like Godin in the face of this kind of ball, and he kicked the football big foot out and ensured the safety in front of the goal.

"Alas, it's a pity." Contic shook his head, looking too far for angle, allowing his shot to go in closely.

Ke Yan smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "This is all a normal thing, otherwise why do you think I can't score every long-range shot, but I am still known as a player with strong long-range shots?" ”

Long-range shooting is a way of shooting with both chance and risk, and it is normal to not be able to kick it, and long-range goals are very strict for players.

In the first half, a couple of long-range shots from Contic and Koyan forced Simeone to let the team's defence come out and press from midfield, and this long-range shot once again proved that it would be a terrible thing to let these players go into their respective ranges, so they had to sacrifice their physical strength again to press high.

Although the situation on the field has not changed much, but now the players of Porto have an advantage on their side, and they can boldly attack forward, and the midfielders of Atletico Madrid have a head-to-head confrontation, for a while, the players of Atletico Madrid also feel a trace of confusion, in the field of La Liga, dare to fight with Atletico Madrid head-to-head with bayonets, except for Real Madrid and Barcelona, there is no one else, and even Real Madrid has a bit of a deliberate feeling of avoiding the war when playing against Atletico Madrid, and now, Porto is the third team, A team that dares to go head-to-head with Atletico.

Why? Because Porto's midfield is not bad, the team's two midfielders are conscientious on the pitch, hard work, and can take on the dirty work, Contic is a midfielder who has attracted much attention in the Portuguese Super League in the past two seasons, with such a staffing of Porto, why don't they dare to let go of their hands and feet and fight with their opponents? (To be continued.) )